Southern Women's Writing

Colonial to Contemporary

Author: Mary Weaks-Baxter
ISBN: 9780813014111

"The southern lady, traditionally depicted as a bloodlessly marmoreal icon, is jostled off her pedestal by living, moving, and, above all, speaking and writing women, black and white, rich and poor, old and young, in this unique anthology which so pleasurably delineates a long-obscured feminine literary tradition."--Veronica Makowsky, University of Connecticut "Timely and long overdue.  The contribution of women to southern traditions is often undervalued, and gathering them here provides an unmistakable mark of their range and quality.  This collection should encourage important reevaluations of southern writing and the contributions of its women authors."--Barbara C. Ewell, Loyola University, New Orleans   A problematic relationship forms the core of this anthology--the interwoven lives of southern women.  On the one hand, they are linked by gender; on the other, they are divided by racism, class conflict, and sexual politics.  As suggested by these selections from both white a

Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publish Date: 1995

Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary Criticism / Women Authors

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Anthologies)